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E. BERTRAND.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

EDOUARD BERTRAND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ORNAMENTING FUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,742, dated June 14,11881. Application tiled May 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDOUARD BERTRAND, a citizen of France, residing atBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Ornamenting Fur, of which the followingis a specification. Y

This invention consists in an improved method of ornamenting fur byattaching to its skin tufts of fur of a diderent color, the hair of thebody fur or pelt being pressed out of, the

way so as to expose the bare skin and allow of securing the tuftsthereto without injuring or disarranging its hairs; also, in a clampcomposed of a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, which is pivoted at one endto the stationary jaw and lined on its inner surface with sand-paper orother equivalent rough material, so that if a piece of fur or pelt isplaced upon the stationary jaw with its hair outside and the movable jawis turned down the hairs of the pelt are drawn down and firmly retainedby said movable jaw, and the bare skin is exposed for attaching theretothe tufts of fur of a different color.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a transverse section of the jaws of my clamp with apiece of fur between them. Fig. 2 isaperspective view of the clamp on asmaller scale than the previous figure. Fig. 3 is aface view of apieceof fur ornamented according to my invention.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letterAdesignates my clamp, which consists of afixed jaw, a, secured to a foot, b, and of amovable jaw, c. Both jawsand the foot are, by preference, made of wood, butthey may bemadeofanyothersnitablelnaterial,and the movable jaw swings on a pivot,d, which passes through it near one of its ends and is secured in thexed jaw. When the y movablejawis turnd down to its closed position, Fig.2, its loose end catches in a hook, e, which extends from the fixed jaw.The inner surface of the movable jaw is lined with sandpaper f or otherequivalent rough material.

The fur or pelt which is to be ornamented is placed upon the xed jaw aand then the movable jaw c is closed down, as shown in Fig. 1. Inclosing down said movable jaw the hairs of the pelt are drawn down bysand-paper fand irml y retained between the jaws and a portion of theskin of the pelt is exposed, so that tuft g, of fur, can bereadilysecured to said skin, and that when the pelt is removed from theskin its hairs reassume their original position, so as to embrace thetnftsg and conceal the slips of skin h, by means of which said tufts aresecured to the pelt.

In ornamenting a pelt ot' a dark color I use tufts of white or otherlightcolored fur, and a very beautiful effect is produced. l

In carrying out my invention it is very essential that the tufts of furshall be secured to the bare skin of the pelt Without disarranging thehairs thereof, and itis therefore necessary to provide some means forexposing the bare skin ofthe pelt and retain it while thus exposed in aconvenient position for attaching the slips of skin h of the tufts g.This object I have accomplished by my clamp A, which enables me to sewtthe tufts g to the skin of the pelt without disarran ging thehairs ofsaid pelt.

I am aware that furs have been ornamented by attaching the stems offeathers directly to the pelt and allowing the feathered tips to projectover the surface of the fur. This I do not claim.

I am also aware that pieces of fur of different colors have beencombined.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The within-described method for ornamenting fur by attaching to itsskin tufts. of fur of a different color, the hairs of the body fur 0rpelt being pressed out of the way so as to expose the bare skin andallow of securing the tufts thereto without injuring or disarranging itshairs, as set forth.

2. The clamp A, composed of the fixed jaw a, the movable jaw c, which isprovided at one end to the fixed jaw andlined on its inner surface withsand-paper or other equivalent rough material, substantially as and forthe purpose shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

EDOUARD BERTRAND. [L. s]

Witnesses:

BERNARD MAYBEcK, W. HAUEE.

